Gov. Mitch Daniels joshes with construction workers today during a stop at the Governor's Residence. Daniels and his wife plan to greet children there on Halloween.

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Gov. Mitch Daniels said today that he and First Lady Cheri Daniels will live in the official governor's residence on the Northside after renovations are complete early next year.

They will, however, join neighbors in celebrating Halloween, handing out candy to visiting children with the governor dressed as the Cowardly Lion and Cheri Daniels as Dorothy from the "Wizard of Oz." Nigel the dog will not play Toto.

"Let's just say I never thought of myself as lacking courage," Daniels said today. But he wasn't given a lot of choice in the costume, he added. ...